Folding check book cover



Jan. 30, 1940. M. A. HElNzELMAN FOLDING CHECK BOOK COVER Filed Nov frlllllllllIlIIll/IIIMI/l lo Fig. 1 represents a blank suitable for the manfolded along the folding line laflatwise upon the 11) l5 section thereof,

20 flap folded upon the slotted side' flap, with the blank to form the completed cover (see Fig.. 4). izo

Patented Jan. 1940 I y L y y Y UNITED STATES PATENT vFFICI'.

. f k 12,188,571v

FOLDING CHECK Boon COVER Milton A. Heinzelman, Webster Groves, lVIo.

- Application November 4, 1937, serial No. 172,727

Claims.y (C1. 281-19) This invention relates to folding cases or covap. At the ends of the blank, the middle section ers, particularly folding pocket check book covers. `3 and the side flaps 4, 6 and 'l are provided with The object of the invention is to produce a neat, rounded corners, all having the same radius of serviceable, compact and easily foldable cover at curvature. The blank is preferably die-cut and V'5 low cost. The 'invention consists. in the' foldscored in one operation.

ing cover hereinafter described and claimed. 'I'hewtwoA end side flaps l and 5 of theblank In the accompanying drawing, which forms thus formed are folded along the longitudinal part of this specification and wherein like symfolding line i flat upon the middle section 3 -(see bols refer to like parts wherever they occur, Fig. 2). The long opposite side ap A is then uf'acture of a one-piece pocket folding check book folded end side flaps 4 and 5 and said middle seccover, tion 3 (see Fig. 3). The intermediate side flap Fig. 2 is ya View showing the endmost side flaps 5 is then folded atwise upon the side folded flap on one side of the-blank folded upon the middle ll, after which the loverlapped side aps are sec i cured together and to the middle section 3 by :l5

Fig. 3 is a View showing the flap o-n the other a line of stitching il, the corners of the folded side of the blank folded upon; the two folded end blank are rounded and the spring stud and sockside flaps and said middle section, `et'rnembers l2 and I3 of a snap fastener are se- Fig. 4 is a view showing the intermediate side Acured to the respective end portions of said folded vedges of the folded blank sewedtoget'ner and 'Ihe'intermediate'side vflap 5 is located on the with the end portions thereof provided with the linner face of the cover and cooperates with the spring stud and socket members, respectively, of. slotted side flap 4 to form a longitudinal tunnel ,Y a snap fastener to form the finished cover, or passageway insaid cover I4l that terminates Fig. 5 is a longitudinal'section through the iinshort of the ends thereof. One end of this pas- .25 ished cover on the line 5-5 in Fig. 4, f sageway forms apocket for a pass book I5 and Fig. 6 is an inside View of the coverr with the .the other end of sai-d passageway isadfpted J6018- pass book'and cheek pad mounted therein, ceive the anchoring tab la o f a check pad i6. The Fig', 'l is a side view of the closure flap side passbook end of the cover is adapted. to be of the folded cover; and doubled or folded down on the intermediate por- .30

Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary section tion thereof along a line located opposite the through the folded cover on the line 8-48 in transverse slot il, and the other end of said cover Fig. 7. is adapted to be folded over the adjacent free end My folding check book cover is formed from of 'the folded pass book Containing portion of saidv a rectangular one-piece blank of leather or other cover and secured thereto by the cooperating 35 foldable material which is scored or creased along Socket and Spring Stud members Of the Snap fastwo parallel longitudinal linesl and la, respectener. tively, and slit along two parallel transverse lines I'he principal advantages of the foregoing 2, forming a middle portion or section 3 with a folding pocket case or check book cover are` its 4o single ap 4 extending along one side from end one-piece construction, its strength and dura- 40 to end thereof and a relatively long intermediate bility, and the flexibility imparted thereto along flap 5 and two relatively short end flaps 6 and 1, its transverse lines of folding due to the material respectively, on the opposite side thereof. As removed along'sad line by the SlOllS 3 and 9 in shown in the drawing, the blank has two elonthe intermediate ply of the three-ply cover.

gated slots or slits 8 and 9 cut therein trans- Straight side edges are provided along the'side 45 versely thereof, the slot 8 being located in the edges'of the cover by reason of the notch I0 in side flap 4 adjacent to the transverse center line theouter side edge of the main side iiap 4 and by lthereof and the slot 9 being located in the 'end making the folded end side flaps 6 and 'I terminside ap close to slit 2 that separates said nap ateshort of the line la along which said mainv from the intermediate side iiap 5.l The endmost flap is folded. Obviously, the article hereinbe- 50 side aps 6 and 1 preferably terminate snort of fore described admits of considerable variation the outer side edge of the intermediate sideflap Without departing from my invention, and I do 5; and the side flap 4 has a shallow'notch Il) in not wish to be restricted to the details disclosed. the outer side edge thereof disposed opposite to What I claim is: Y v

and of the same length as said intermediate side l. A folding check book cover made from a 56 one-piece blank with opposite side flaps, one extending the full length of said blank and the other terminating short of both ends thereof, said side aps being folded one over the other over the middle portion of said blank and permanently secured together and to said middle portion adjacent to their lines of folding, the short side flap overlapping the full length side ap and cooperating therewith to form a longitudinal open-ended passageway in said cover thatvterminates short of the ends thereof and is adapted to receive at one end the anchoring end of a check pad and at the other end a pass book, the underlying full length folded side flap having an elongated slot therein that extends along the line on which said cover is folded to pocket size and is covered by said middle portion and the overlapping short length folded side flap.

2. A folding check book cover` made from al one-piece blank comprising a middle section having a single full length flap along one side thereof and end and intermediate flaps along the opposite side thereof,- the end side flaps being folded over the end portions of said middle section, the single full length `side fiap being folded over said middle section and said folded end side flaps and the intermediate side flap being folded over said single full length side flap, said folded side flaps being secured to said middle section adjacent to their lines of folding and said folded intermediate side ap cooperating with said folded single full length side ap to forman open-ended passageway that terminates short of the ends of the cover and is adapted to receive at one end the anchoring end of a check pad and at the other end a pass book.

3. A folding check book cover made from a one-piece blank comprising a middle section having a single full length flap along one side thereof and end and intermediate flaps along the opposite side thereof, the end side flaps being folded over the end portions of said middle section, the single full length side flap being folded over said middle section and said folded end side flaps and the intermediate side flap being folded over said single full length side flap, said folded side flaps being secured to said middle section adjacent to their lines of folding and said folded intermediate side flap cooperating with said folded single full length side flap to forni an open-ended passageway that terminates short of the ends of the cover and is adapted to receive at one end the anchoring end of a check pad and at the other end a pass book, said cover being adapted to be folded to pocket size along a line located interend of said case. g

mediate between said ends of said passageway, and said foldedsingle full length side flap having an elongated slot therein that extends along such line of folding.

4. A folding check book cover made from a one-piece blank comprising a middle section having a single full length flap along one side thereof and end and intermediate naps along the opposite side thereof, the end side flaps being folded over the end portions of said middle section, the single full length side flap being folded over said middle section and said folded end sidev flaps and the intermediate side flap being folded over said lsingle full length side flap, said folded side flaps being secured to said middle section adjacent to their .lines o f folding and said folded intermediate side flap cooperating with said folded single full length `side flap to form an open-ended passageway that terminates short of the ends of the cover and is adapted to receive at one end the anchoring end of a check pad and, at the other end a pass book, said cover being adapted to be lfolded to pocket size along a line located intermediate between said ends of said passageway and along a line locatedbetween one end of said passageway and the corresponding end of said cover, said folded single full length side flap having an elongated slot therein that extends along said first mentioned line of folding, and the end side flap located at said second line of folding having an elongated slot therein that extends along such line of folding.

5. A folding pocket case made from a onepiece blank comprising a middle section having a single full length flap along one side thereof and a relatively long intermediate ap and two relatively short end flaps along the opposite side thereof, the end side-flaps being folded over the end portions of said middle section, the single full length side iiap being folded over said middle section and said folded end side flaps and the intermediate side flap being folded over said single full length side flap,` said folded side flaps being secured to said middle section adjacent to their lines of folding and said folded intermediate side flap cooperating with said folded single full length side flap to forman open-ended passageway that terminates short of the ends of said case, said case beingiadapted to be folded to pocket size along two transverse lines, one located intermediate between the ends of said openended Apassageway and the other between one end of said passageway and the corresponding MILTON A. HEINZELMAN. 

